Amanda Carter, FNP
Neurosurgery
Bio & Overview
Amanda Carter, MSN, FNP-C, PCCN, is a nurse practitioner in the Department of Neurosurgery. She works at UVA Spine Center, caring for patients with disorders of the spine.
Ms. Carter grew up in a military family, living throughout the U.S. and Europe. After Sept. 11, she enlisted in the U.S. Army, attending basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. She then trained as a mental health specialist at the AMEDD Center and School at Fort Sam Houston. During her military career, she worked in outpatient adult and child psychiatry, as well as performing PTSD evaluations for soldiers returning from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ms. Carter attended nursing school at the University of Pittsburgh and then joined the staff in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In 2012 she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, and spent five years in the progressive care unit at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She earned her BSN from Ohio University and her MSN from George Washington University.
Conditions & Treatments
- Spine surgery
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
Highlights
Amanda Carter, NP Video
My name's Amanda Carter. I am a nurse practitioner at UVA Neurosurgery. I work in the spine center at UVA, and I work with Dr. Justin Smith. He specializes in complex spine deformity corrective surgeries. When I got out of high school, I went into the military. I joined the army when I was 18, and I did a four-year enlistment. And then I, after that, decided to pursue nursing. I've always known from a young age that I wanted to take care of people in some form or another. Really, I've always wanted to work in healthcare. Being able to provide compassionate care has kind of molded me into the provider that I am today, and how I interact with my patients. Spinal deformity corrective surgery is not a surgery that is offered everywhere. It is a very specialized area of neurosurgery. You have the opportunity to receive care that is most up-to-date with the most recent research technology studies. You have specialized nursing units, for example, where the nurses specifically work with this type of patient, which is valuable in the post-operative period. How I interact with my patients, making them feel comfortable, making sure that they understand everything that is going on in regards to their surgery, recovery. Even if they're not having surgery, just helping them understand their symptoms and how to help them is probably what I'm most passionate about.
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